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spoonering

spoonering is the present participle and gerund of spooner.

Meaning of spooner

Verb

spooner (third-person singular simple present spooners, present participle spoonering, simple past and past participle spoonered)

  1. To utter a spoonerism.
    • Whisking along the north wing from interviewing the Secretary, his gown bellying out behind him like a black cloud, Tired Tim heard it, as he wondered for the fourth time if it had been quite in order for Miss Delaney to giggle when he had spoonered : "Will you please tell the Under-Matron to let...1934, Bruce Marshall, Prayer for the living, page 43

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Questions about spoonering

What is spoonering the present participle and gerund of?
Spoonering is the present participle and gerund of spooner.

Words near spoonering in the dictionary

  1. Spoonemore
  2. Spoonemores
  3. spooner
  4. Spooner Row
  5. spoonered
  6. spoonering
  7. spoonerism
  8. spoonerisms
  9. spooneristic
  10. spooneristically
  11. spoonerize

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